Random Thoughts

Cool wand

A bunch of posts today because this is Memorial Day and I actually have free time that I'm not otherwise using. Yay for 3-day weekends!

This is an amusing story. I found it via Andrew Sullivan, who linked to an article entitled "Generation Slap" (a screed against the Millenials) that uses it as a starting point. I found that article interesting enough, but the original story is just so perfect. I should probably forward it to my school's career services staff.

Baracky!

This is a great video!

"Do you believe that America is the land of opportunity?"

"Yeah."

But if you're a Clinton supporter, you might not appreciate it so much. Whoever put this together is a genius! (Supposedly a film school graduate student--I can believe that.) Hopefully it won't be the "height of the YouTube campaign," because if something better can be done, I'd love to see it.

Via: Andrew Sullivan

Total dedication

And far more dedicated than I'll ever be. The first time I saw this, I was convinced it had to be paint. But now I believe it is indeed an actual tattoo. (And definitely NSFW--nudity.)

Via: Valerie Lewis (blog NSFW)

The Rule of Nine

I've had these links for a while now. I don't remember where I originally found them:

9 Cute Kids

The 9 Most Badass Bible Verses (may offend; NIV translation fyi)

9 Telltale Signs You're Probably an Asshole

ROFL

Despite playing World of Warcraft, I'm not a big fan of leet-speek. But it's really appropriate for this:
How background people ruin your photos (probably NSFW)

Via: Valerie Lewis (blog NSFW)

Defender of the Crown--FLASH!

Oh my god! More old school games! This looks like it could be super-cool, although I can't actually try it right now. Cinemaware, maker of movie-looking computer games in the late '80s, has re-done Defender of the Crown. And they apparently have a Flash version of the original that you can play over the web! They also have downloadable ROMS and disk images of their other classic games! I definitely need to look into emulators! Amiga!

Old school Nintendo

This is a fun site. Someone's written an NES emulator so you can play old Nintendo games through your web browser (Firefox anyway, that's what I tried it on):

nintendo8.com

I never had an NES console, so all of these games are new to me. Since there are no instructions for each game, you have to play around a bit to figure out when to use the A and B keys (or X and Z on the keyboard).

(If I could remember where I saw this, I'd credit them.)

Harry Potter Type Indicator

Move over Myers and Briggs! But I have no idea who Remus Lupin is--I've never read any of the Harry Potter books (although since the last one is coming out, I probably eventually will so that I can read them all at once if I like them). MBTI-lovers might also find The Personality Defect Test fun to take.

Harry Potter Personality Quiz by Pirate Monkeys Inc.

Update: Thanks to quietgrrrl (forgot to add this, sorry!)